Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announces his long-predicted 2026 Senate primary challenge against incumbent Sen. John Cornyn.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a challenge to longtime GOP Senator John Cornyn in what is poised to become a tense Republican primary race next year. Newsweek reached out to Paxton's ...

Ken Paxton announces U.S. Senate run, challenging Sen. John Cornyn Texas attorney general and Trump ally targets fellow Republican in high-stakes 2026 primary By NBCDFW Staff • Published April 8 ...

Republicans are growing anxious about an emerging Texas primary engulfing one of their longest-serving senators, fearful that a hugely expensive intraparty feud will have major ramifications ...

Meanwhile, Cornyn, who has been in the Senate for nearly 23 years, has the support of some of the Republican Party’s top leaders, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, Sen ...

Terry Virts, a retired NASA astronaut, is not a household name, even in his home of Houston. But the way he announced his campaign on Monday for Senator John Cornyn’s seat in Texas, taking a ...

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) said he would run for Senate again in Texas, this time for Republican Sen. John Cornyn’s seat, if Lone Star State voters wanted him to. “If it comes to ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a challenge to longtime GOP Senator John Cornyn in what is poised to become a tense Republican primary race next year.. Newsweek reached out to Paxton's ...

Adding to Cornyn’s challenges: Texas Rep. Wesley Hunt is now also making moves to enter the GOP primary and has privately contended to White House political advisers that he’s the only one who ...